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I asked because......
There happens to be a public shotgun wildlife/hunting/range area out by Lake Vancouver, WA. Probably on Federal Lands or probably partially funded with Federal money. Perhaps the Pittman Robinson Act monies were involved?
Nice.
Anyway, I went there once (more than 5 years ago) to see if I could shoot some clay targets. Once there, I saw the signs that prohibited the use of lead shot. So then, YES, federal hunting laws and all that prohibitions on lead shot, birds being poisoned, the environment, etc.... Yup, even though I don't hunt.....I've heard of those laws. There was a nice area of cleared, flat, leveled field, next to the parking lot. Probably used for clay bird throwing/shooting. But, "Target Shooting" of a shotgun while on the range with only "steel shot" is expensive. It's best that I forget about shooting here or next time, spend more money for steel (bismuth, whatever, etc....) if I want to use that range
But then.....
Right across that range...... is an area where it's probably illegal to shoot. Yup....evidenced by the many expended hulls on the ground. I don't think that the people were hunting and they were probably using lead shot too. Probably just shooting at clays.
The point of the story being.......
If you wanted to have a safe area/designated to shoot shotguns.......
Well, the majority of the shotgun shells in this country is still loaded with lead. So, why have a range that only limits the shooter to steel shot? Do you think that the birds know that.....on this side, there is steel shot on the ground and on the other side there is lead?
And, I don't want to get started........
On how Clark County chooses to ignore the shooting sports.
Aloha, Mark
I'm 99% sure that is only a wild life preserve and target shooting, even with steel shot, is illegal.
Steel shot clay shooting will be an expensive trip